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SPL was originally part of FOS but you had to buy the other compilers.
Kind regards,
Denys. . .
Denys Beauchemin
HICOMP
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From: Jeff Kell [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, 05 January, 2000 8:43 AM
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Subject: Re: Y2K ALERT for Growthpower Users
Jerry Fochtman wrote:
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> At 08:09 PM 1/4/2000 -0500, Tom wrote:
> >Growthpower is Basic because that's the only language that existed on
> >the HP3000 when it was written in the late 70's.
>
> Not true! I ported a bunch of FORTRAN code from a DEC System-10 to
> FORTRAN-66 on an HP3000-CX in 1974. There also was SPL and COBOL.
I recall our Series-II coming "standard" with BASIC/V, CONV2000(?) - a
converter for HP2000 Basic to Basic/V, Fortran 66, COBOL 68, SPL, and
RPG
at a minimum (wasn't this all part of the original FOS, so to speak?).
> When the Series-1 was introduced in the mid-70's HP also brought
> along RPG and ALGOL (which included a hardware board).
I don't recall ALGOL, but in later years, APL. Both APL and the later
COBOL-II (COBOL 74) required special firmware.
Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]>
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